Featherweight hair curler



I N. L. SOLOMON FEATHERWEIGHT HAIR CURLER June 15, 1943.

Filed Oct. 29, 1942 NL. SOLOMON ATTORNEY Patented, Junev 15, 4

Nathan lb. Solomon, Mount Vernon, N. Y.

Application October as, 1942, Serial No. 463,801 dClas. (on. 132-31).

This invention is a hair curler and more specifically is directed to arelatively light weightv slumber curler. ,In the past hair curlersusually were made of preciousmaterial, such as alumimum and rubber.Today these materials are critical and dimcult to obtain. In the case ofrubber curlers, they are utilized to dress the hair before retiring andare permitted to stay on the hair during slumber. Metal hair curlers arerarely used as slumber curlers. In either case, metal or rubber curlersare fairly heavy and as a general rule are not adequately ventilated toprovide rapid drying. One primaryobject of the present inventionresidesin utilizing a netted and relatively thin cylindrical andresilient shell to characterize the mandrel of the curler. An ancillaryobject of the invention is to provideinwardly curved ends on thecylindrical shell to reinforce these ends and to prevent their fraying.As another object the invention contemplates the utilization of thenetted shell to char= acterize a pliable meshed body serving as acushion for the curl formed thereon to allow rapid drying thereof.vention is to provide a meshed or interstitial cushion as a curlermandrel wherein the reiniorced ends thereof are selectively utilized tobe straddled by self closingresilient bobby pins or the like whereby thetress of hair to be curled is initially clasped to the meshed screen ormandrel by one of the hobby pins, and thereafter the tress is woundabout this bobby pin to form the desired curl which may be readilyremoved into a waiting but suspended bobby pin adapted to beconveniently disassociated from the mandrel leaving thecurl formed inthe previously waiting bobby pin and independent of the mandrel. Furtherobjects and advantages reside in an interstitial screen tubing ormandrel requiring no external support to sustain its desired, originaland substantially cylindrical contour and characterizing a' meshedcurler mandrel adapted to be attenuated and elongated on the removal ofs cur] therefrom which can be readilyachieved in that adequate clearanceis provided between the curl formed and mandrel due'to the attenuationof the latter. the provision of a relatively elastic but meshed curlerwhich is automatically elongated and'attenuated upon the application ofan outwardly.

directed manual thrust to the ends thereof and which is automaticallyretracted to its normally larger diametrical size upon the removal ofthis manual pressure. Further advantages, functions and aspects oftheinvention will appear Still another object of the in-,

Anotherobject is concerned with,

from the following detailed description taken-in the light of theaccompanying drawing wherein: Fig.1 is a front view of the meshed curlershowing theinterstitiai body'normally expanded diametrically.

Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 however illustrating the curlerelongated and attenuated.

. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the curler showing the tress claspedby a bobby pin at one end of the curler ands. waiting bobby pinstraddling the curler at another end of the latter.

dig. a is a sectional View on, the line 4-4 of big. 5 is a viewsimilartoFig. 3, however showing the tress curled about'one of the resilientbobby pins, and ready to be received by the waiting bobby pin.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 6-4 of Fig. 9 is an amplifiedview of a portion of the mandrel to illustrate the resilient mesh orscreening thereof.

' According to the invention the hair curler is a foraminous relativelythin'and interstitial shell or tubing characterizing a substantiallycylindrical normally diametrically expanded mandrel about which a tressof hair may be conveniently coiled to form a curl. The shell is nettedor meshed as shown in Fig. 9 by interlacing synthetic strands ofhorsehair to provide a relatively thin and resilient tubing adapted tobe conveniently attenuated and elongated upon the application of anoutward thrust along the body thereof. The netted mandrel is relativelysoft and yieldable and pursuant to deforming springs back or retracts toits normally diametrically expanded but foreshortened relation shown inFig. l. By reason of this construction the mandrel characterizes aresilient and relatively thin cushion and is very light or so calledfeather weight although adequately rigid requiring no external orinternal support to's'ustainits' normally dia-- metrically enlarged butfo'reshortened contour. To prevent fraying, the ends ot'the mandrel areeach'provided 'with' rounded and relatively smooth inwardly curved endsor flange ll providing slightly tapered hollow and interstitial socketsI2. By thisarraii'gement fraying of the strands constituting the nettedbut resilient hollow mandrel is prevented. These curved ends alsocharacterize lips stiffening or reinforcing the curler to keep the endsof the latter in shape without the aid of internal or external support.The mandrel or screen In is of suitable synthetic thermo plasticmaterial. Hence the ends thereof may be softened under adequate heat ina die to provide the desired curvilinear contour of the rounded ends. Onremoval from the die cooling takes place, and the curved ends includingthe internal annular flanges or sockets l2 harden inherent elasticity:of the mandrel automatically restores the latter to its originaldiametrically enlarged but lengthwise foreshortened contour due to thecharacter of the lacing ofthe strands illustrated in Fig. 9. I v

For hair curling purposes, the mandrel may be utilized with or withoutthe aid of normally closed and resilient bobby pins H of the type wellknown in the art. As shown two bobby pins or hair pins are employed,straddling each end of the curvilinear body of the mandrel and withtheir respective loop portions outside or the latter.

In Fig. 3, the terminal of a tress of hair to be I curled is initiallyclasped or clamped against the mandrel of the curler by one of the hobbypins that is the non-waiting pin while the other pin is also yieldinglystraddling the meshed body but projected therein part way only to avoidinterference with the hair as it is about to be coiled. This lastmentioned pin may be considered as waiting pin to receive the curlformed. v

The clamped tress may now be woundabout the mandrel by bodily rotatingthe latter about its longer axis and about the non-waiting pin, the curlformed or coiled is shown in Figs. 5 and 6. In such case the mandrelisagainst the innermost'coil of the curl formed and supports the latter.

ployed or inserted into the curler so that its shanks straddle themandrel to clasp the curl thereagainst. In this way the curl may be leftagainst the head of the user during slumber without any annoyingsignificance on the part of the curler. At any rate upon the removal ofthe curl formed from the curler, the latter again retracts to itsoriginal shape even though during curling operations it adjusts itselfto the type 'of curl formed since it is adequately pliable but amplyrigid to provide an effective support for the size of the curl desiredand since the mandrel t dfl relatively soft it characterizes aforaminous cushion concomitantly enhancing rapid d yin I Where two pinsare used as shown in Fig. 7, the curl when in the waiting pin is nowfree of previously nonwaiting pin and the latter may be detached fromthe curler. Thus the waiting pin may be utilized also to clamp the curlwithout removing the latter from the mandrel.

Various changes may be made in details of construction and arrangementof parts without departing from the spirit of the invention orsacrificing any of the advantages inherent therein.

,1 claim:

1. In a hair curler, a one piece relatively thin shell having aninterstitial body provided with For shifting the curl into the waitingpin, an.

outward thrust is applied in a direction towards the waiting pin. Thisis accomplished by holding the mandrel at one end as shown in Fig. 7 andapplying a finger thrust against the curl in the direction indicated bythe arrow. This action moves the curl bodily into the waiting pin, thatis, the curl is straddled by the latter. This action' also automaticallycollapses the meshed mandrel which becomes longer and diametricallysmaller, thus providing adequate clearance l5- thereby and clamped bythe shanks thereof. The curl formed is now free and. independent of themandrel and the latter is automatically restored to itsoriginal'contour.

Of course the curl may formed about the mandrel without the aid of apin. However after forming of the curl, a hobby Pin may be cm reinforcedends, said body comprising netted meansnormally diametrically expandedand relatively foreshortened lengthwise and adapted on application of anoutwardthrust thereon to attenuate longitudinally and become smaller 005i;

sectionally.

2. In a hair curler, a one piece relatively thin substantiallycylindrical resilient shell having an interstitial body provided withreinforced ends, said body adapted to contract cross sectionally uponthe application of an outwardly directed thrust along said body andautomatically attenuate lengthwise and adapted on removal of said thrustto automatically retract substantially its normally expanded diametricalsize and to its original overall length.

3. In combination, a tubular and substantially cylindrical mandrel forcurling hair'comprising an interstitial resilient and pliable bodyhaving inwardly turned interstitial ends, said body being normallyexpanded cross sectionally and ,adapted upon rotation thereof about itslong axis to form a curl thereagainst, and a hair p n removabiystraddling one of said ends and adapted to clasp said curl against saidmandrel. 4. In combination, a tubular and substantially cylindricalmandrel for curling hair comprising an interst tial resilient andpliable body having inwardly turned. interstitial ends, said body beingnormally expanded cross sectionally and adapted upon rotation thereofabout its long axis to form a ,curl thereagainst, and a resilient hairpin having normally closed shanks removably'straddling one of said endsand adapted to clamp said curl against said mandrel.

5. In combination, a tubular and substantially cylindrical mandrel forcurling hair comprising an interstitial resilient and pliable bodyhaving a pair of spaced and inwardly turned interstitial ends, said bodybeing normally expanded cross sectionally. and adapted upon. rotationthereof about its long axis to form a curl thereagainst,

.a clamping hair pin removably straddling one of said ends and adaptedto clasp said curl against said mandrel, and a waiting hair pinremovably straddling the other end of said pair for straddling said curlupon shifting of the latthereon ends, said body being normally aeamoeter towards said last mentioned end, said curl and said waiting pinadapted to be bodily removed from said mandrel and the latter upon theapplication of an outwardly directed thrust in shifting of said curl onsaid waiting pin automatically deforming in contracting crosssectionally and elongating longitudinally.

6. In combination, a tubular and substantially cylindrical mandrel forcurling hair comprising an interstitial resilient and pliable bodyhaving a pair of spaced and inwardly turned interstitial expanded crossseotionally and adapted upon rotation thereof about its long axis toform a curl thereagainst, a clamping hair pin removably straddling oneof said ends and adapted to clasp said curl against said mandrel, and awaiting hair pin

